I've been modelling, painting miniatures and wargaming since I was a wee lad in Swansea, this blog details some of my interests - I hope that you like it.
In 2010 I started a new modelling venture - building 40mm AWI/ACW terrain pieces and designing 28mm masters, which are then cast and available for sale from Grand Manner. - All original images and text are copyright of A. S. Harwood (Dampfpanzerwagon) - I can confirm that I do not hold any personal data on customers or followers of this Blog

Tuesday, 3 April 2018

An Industrial Narrow Gauge Adventure - the layout part thirty-two

Unlike the brick built base of the Salt Pan (see earlier posts) the brick wall on this part of the layout was impressed into pizza foam (the foam that you find as backing to frozen pizzas). The painting was done over a thin layer of cream and grey acrylic (the mortar) and then the orange/red brick colour was drybrushed over the bricks. The finished effect took many layers of red, brown and orange drybrushing but I think the effect was worth while. Once fully dry, individual bricks were picked out with a fine pointed brush in darker black colours and lighter white.

The whole wall has been washed in different coloured washes and I have used watercolour pencils to highlight some bricks as well as produce the simple graffiti.

The metal door was painted in greys with rust effects on the lower edge and some more watercolour pencil detailing on the door furniture. The door design and colour was copied from a similar door I had seen on the Internet.

The final image shows the low-relief building against the office wall to show the effect I was looking for.

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Born and brought up in Swansea, South Wales, I now live in Droitwich with my wife Sue. My daughter Holly is now working as a teacher in Stourport. My son, Gary lives in Leamington Spa with his Wife Beckie and our two Grandsons Finley and Charlie, but I still think of myself as a 'Jack' (an in-joke known to those of a certain age who count Swansea as their home town). Like my Grandfather, my Father and Uncle, I have made models, painted toy soldiers and wargamed since I was a very young boy and now feel privileged that I have the time to dedicate to my hobby. This Blog is a great way recording how I have developed as a modeller, but it's not ALL about model making. I hope you enjoy it. Tony